Although its Academy Award was presented to Taiwan, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was in fact an international co-production between companies in four regions: the Chinese company China Film Co-Production Corporation ; the American companies Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Sony Pictures Classics and Good Machine ; the Hong Kong company EDKO Film ; and the Taiwanese Zoom Hunt International Productions Company, Ltd ; as well as the unspecified United China Vision, and Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., created solely for this film.

Although there were other magnetic tape cartridge systems, the Compact Cassette became dominant as a result of Philips ' decision in the face of pressure from Sony to license the format free of charge.

Although Sony Pictures Television announced that the show was renewed for the 2004 – 2005 TV season, Lake decided not to continue with the show, opting to spend more time with her family and having relocated to Los Angeles.

Although the vast majority of such players eventually sold were not Sony products, the name " Walkman " has become synonymous with this type of device.

Although originally, IMAX considered using two Sony 4K projectors.

") Although Sony never marketed by entry level or prosumer, there is, in fact, such variation.

Although the 1 / 4 " CCD models are fully capable of taking a still photo, that is a secondary function and they lack the Sony Memory Stick feature to off load the jpeg images.

Although officially an affiliated company of consumer electronics giant Sony Corporation, which owns 50. 6 percent of the company, Aiwa prides itself on its independent operation and competes head on with Sony in several product categories.

* Although WB / Turner holds the theatrical and television rights to Pink Floyd — The Wall, the video rights are owned by Sony Music.

* Although WB / Turner holds US rights to The Wind and the Lion, international rights remain with Columbia Pictures ( via Sony Pictures Entertainment ).

Although cleared in 90 % of the country, Sony was never able to secure a New York clearance for the show and the series was canceled after one season.

Although not drawing a large listenership, Baker won " Sony Radio DJ of the year " for the show.

Although at the time it was considered a radical decision, Kutaragi felt that Sony was on the " fast track ".

Although Kutaragi's leadership of consumer electronics was not successful, analysts also suspect that outgoing Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei had set up Kutaragi to fail, given that both men had a cool working relationship.

Although mock-ups of the system were not present at the press conference or E3, Sony did release extensive technical details regarding the new system.

Although the PlayStation 2 did not originally focus on Internet connectivity, Sony developed an external adapter that enabled online gaming for select titles after the Xbox ’ s release.

Although JumboTron is a registered trademark owned by the Sony Corporation, the word jumbotron is often used by the public as a genericized trademark.

Although a Windows, Linux, and Maemo version are available, it is primarily designed for the Sony PSP.

Although all three were admitted fans of the series, none were able to get involved in the project — Petty was unable to commit due to a tour, Springsteen was contractually tied to Sony Music Entertainment, while Seal was " snowboarding in South America or somewhere ".

Although most entries in the following lists are taken either from actual LPs and CDs and their liner notes or from trustworthy print or online sources, the lists are supplemented by a discography prepared by Sony Classical, apparently for their own use in identifying stock numbers.

Although Sony is responsible for the commercialization of the technology, he is widely credited for its original identification and development.

Although Sony Pictures decided not to release the film, it was eventually released on DVD by Lion's Gate.

Although the D-2 videocassette appear similar in appearance to the D1 ( Sony ) format, they are not interchangeable.

Although both series were successful, the Disney studio thought it was not receiving its rightful share of profits from Pat Powers, and in 1930, Disney signed a new distribution deal with Columbia Pictures.

Although Dimitri Tiomkin composed the music, the nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score went to Morris Stoloff, the head of the music department at Columbia Pictures.

Although Universal Pictures taught him fencing and riding, in keeping with the cinematic themes of the era, Curtis admitted he was at first only interested in girls and money.

Although The exception to the code was granted as a " special and unique case " and was described by The New York Times at the time as " an unprecedented move that will not, however, set a precedent ", in his 2008 study of films during that era, Pictures at a Revolution, author Mark Harris wrote that the MPAA's action was " the first of a series of injuries to the Production Code that would prove fatal within three years.

Although the film suffered negative publicity in the form of two lawsuits against the filmmakers, filed by Lori Madrid and Stanley Mouse respectively, that were ultimately dismissed, Monsters, Inc. proved to be a major box office success from its release by Walt Disney Pictures on November 2, 2001, generating over $ 525, 366, 597 worldwide.

Although Christiane Kubrick's book Stanley Kubrick — A Life In Pictures states this, the underpass in the film has a different shape to the one in Aylesbury and these sequences were actually filmed in Wandsworth.

Although many of the bigger budget pepla were released theatrically in the USA, fourteen of them were released directly to Embassy Pictures television in a syndicated TV package called The Sons of Hercules.

Although Vélez was a popular actress, RKO Pictures did not renew her contract in 1934.

< nowiki >*</ nowiki > Although the CD lists this as being the ' medley ', recorded in 1993, released on The Return of the Manticore box set and some pressings of the 1994 album In the Hot Seat, it is actually a live recording of the band's performance of ' Pictures ' taking from their first Isle of Wight show-including the famous cannons being fired at the end.

Although originally wanting to become an actress on the stage, Darnell was featured in a " Gateway to Hollywood " talent-search and initially landed a contract at RKO Pictures.

* Although they have yet to locate the Elixir of Life or the Philosopher's Stone, they did come close to discovering TNT, and, thanks to outside influence, inadvertently created a film industry in Moving Pictures

Although the novel has long been considered an " unfilmable " science fiction work, the screen rights were reported in 2006 to have been acquired by Universal Pictures.

Although in North America Sonatine was released in theaters in April 1998 and, another Kinji Fukasaku enthusiast, Quentin Tarantino, released a subtitled video edition in 2000 as part of his " Rolling Thunder Pictures " collection.

Although the history is not recorded specifically, at some point during the game's evolution Ahl obtained permission to use the Star Trek name from Paramount Pictures.

Although not as successful as rivals Williams and Bally ( Gottlieb had been purchased in 1977 by Columbia Pictures but was still a formidable competitor as well ), Stern managed to produce its share of moderately successful pinballs as well.

Although Warner Bros. Pictures was faltering, the purchase coincided with a period of tremendous growth in the music industry and Warner-Reprise was now on its way to becoming a major player in the industry.

Although no release date has been set the disc is said to explore " classic horror themes inspired by Universal Monsters, Hammer Film Productions, Amicus Productions, and American International Pictures.

Although the trademarks for material related to the Bond films are held by Danjaq, the copyright to the film properties ( beginning with Dr. No and aside from the 2006 Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace produced and co-copyrighted with Columbia Pictures ) are shared by Danjaq and United Artists Corporation.

Although three producers of the film Carl Foreman, Sidney Cohn and Oliver Unger were deceased, their estates and surviving producer, Peter Gettinger, took Columbia Pictures to court over unpaid money from distribution rights.